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LanceK
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Ken Picou sent me one of his Luthiers Friends to try, up until now Ive only used the robo sander part of it, and that alone is a very handy tool to have. Today I made a batch of upper face brace's and thought id give the Luthiers Friend a try for shaping the brace ends. When I make a batch of braces the most important thing is that they all come out exactly the same. This tool was able to shape the ends verbatim.

Here the unit is, mounted on my drill press, and set to thin the ends.



Here im sizing up the brace into the sanding drum



Making the width adjustment




Feeding the brace into the drum


Feeding it until I reach my mark, then I flip and do the same to the other side


Done! it took about 15 minuets to set up and shape the ends to this batch of braces.




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Lance,

Cool! Looks like a great tool to have in the shop.

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Oh Oh oh...

Gotta get one then, I've been using my belt sander for this but getting them identical would be a big plus..

Thanks for sharing...

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Great tool. I also like the little clamping thing for the x and the traverse bar
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